Cancer Worry Distribution and Willingness to Undergo Colonoscopy at Three Levels of Hypothetical Cancer Risk-A Population-Based Survey in Sweden.
Carolina HawranekJohan MaxonAndreas AnderssonBethany Van GuelpenSenada HajdarevicBarbro Numan HellquistAnna RosénPublished in: Cancers (2022)
The distribution of cancer worry in a general population sample showed higher mean scores in women, and levels overlapped with earlier findings in cancer-affected samples. Respondents with high cancer worry were more inclined to undergo a colonoscopy screening, and intention increased with higher levels of hypothetical risk.